Dr. Thirumalaiselvi A
Senior Scientist
CSIR-SERC
- CSIR-SERC , Taramani, Chennai – 600 113.
- selvi(at)serc(dot)res(dot)in
- +91-44-22545725
- Academic Background
- Professional Background
- Areas of Scientific Interest
- Awards & Honours
- Publications
Academic Background
- Ph. D., Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Chennai, India.
- M. Tech. Engineering of Structures, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Chennai, India.
- B. E. Civil Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy (CEG), Anna University, Chennai, India.
Professional Background
- Senior Scientist, CSIR – Structural Engineering Research Centre Chennai, 23 May 2020 – till date
- Scientist, CSIR – Structural Engineering Research Centre Chennai, April 2016 – 22 May 2020
- Senior Project Fellow, CSIR – Structural Engineering Research Centre Chennai, September 2014 – March 2016
- Quick Hire Scientist (Trainee), CSIR – Structural Engineering Research Centre Chennai, August 2011 – August 2014
Areas of Scientific Interest
- Ultrasonic wave propagation
- Tomography of wave propagation in heterogeneous medium
- Acoustic emission technique for damage characterization and localization
- Active-passive dual technique for structural health monitoring
- Al-ML assisted techniques for damage diagnostics
Awards & Honours
- Awarded Best paper award for the paper entitled ‘Monitoring of hydration of engineered cement composites using impedance signature’ presented by Thirumalaiselvi A and Saptarshi Sasmal in Structural Engineering Convention (SEC 2018), International Conference held at Jadavpur University, 19-21 December 2018.
- Received Gold Medal for securing First rank in B.E Civil Engineering, 2010
- Topped High school by scoring 92.25%, 2006
- District third rank holder in X Matriculation Examination by scoring 94%, 2004
Publications
SCI Journals
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., Sasmal, S., & Kundu, T. (2022). Detection of initiation of corrosion induced damage in concrete structures using nonlinear ultrasonic techniques. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151(2), 1341-1352.
- Sindu, B. S., Thirumalaiselvi, A., & Sasmal, S. (2022). Investigations on fracture related properties of strain hardened concrete using digital image correlation and acoustic emission techniques. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 26(14), 6807-6829.
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., Sindu, B. S., & Sasmal, S. (2022). Crack propagation studies in strain hardened concrete using acoustic emission and digital image correlation investigations. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 26(10), 4346-4373.
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., & Sasmal, S. (2021). Monitoring the mechanical properties of flyash incorporated cement composite using complimentary passive-active wave propagation techniques. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 36(6), 667-691.
- Basu, S., Thirumalaiselvi, A., Sasmal, S., & Kundu, T. (2021). Nonlinear ultrasonics-based technique for monitoring damage progression in reinforced concrete structures. Ultrasonics, 115, 106472.
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., & Sasmal, S. (2020). Pattern recognition enabled acoustic emission signatures for crack characterization during damage progression in large concrete structures. Applied Acoustics, 175, 107797.
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., & Sasmal, S. (2020). Electro-mechanical impedance based strength monitoring technique for hydrating blended cements. Smart Structures and Systems, 25(6), 751-764.
- Prem, P. R., Thirumalaiselvi, A., & Verma, M. (2019). Applied linear and nonlinear statistical models for evaluating strength of Geopolymer concrete. Computers and Concrete, 24(1), 7-17.
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., Anandavalli, N., & Rajasankar, J. (2019). Mesoscale studies on the effect of aggregate shape idealisation in concrete. Magazine of Concrete Research, 71(5), 244-259.
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., & Sasmal, S. (2019). Acoustic emission monitoring and classification of signals in cement composites during early-age hydration. Construction and Building Materials, 196, 411-427.
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., Verma, M., Anandavalli, N., & Rajasankar, J. (2018). Response prediction of laced steel-concrete composite beams using machine learning algorithms. Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 66(3), 399-409.
- Verma, M., Thirumalaiselvi, A., & Rajasankar, J. (2017). Kernel-based models for prediction of cement compressive strength. Neural Computing and Applications, 28(1), 1083-1100.
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., Anandavalli, N., & Rajasankar, J. (2017). Mechanics based analytical approaches to predict nonlinear behaviour of LSCC beams. Struct Eng Mech, 64, 311-321.
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., Anandavalli, N., Rajasankar, J., & Iyer, N. R. (2016). Numerical evaluation of deformation capacity of laced steel-concrete composite beams under monotonic loading. Steel Compos Struct, 20(1), 167-184.
Reputed non-SCI Journals
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., & Sasmal, S. (2021). Damage Assessment of Concrete Bridge Structures Using Ultrasonic Tomography. Advances in Non-destructive Evaluation: Proceedings of NDE 2019, 163.
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., Anandavalli, N., Rajasankar, J., & Iyer, N. R. (2015). Blast response studies on Laced Steel-Concrete Composite (LSCC) slabs. In Advances in Structural Engineering, 331-342. Springer India.
- Thirumalaiselvi, A., Anandavalli, N., Rajasankar, J., & Iyer, N. R. (2015). Simplified approach to evaluate displacement of laced steel-concrete composite beams for blast loads. Journal of Structural Engineering (JoSE), CSIR – SERC, 42(1), 49-56.